A year can make a huge difference

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I have always found it interesting how big of a difference a year can make in a person's life. It's amazing how much can change. I think about my childhood and how there is about a year difference between my grandpa and grandma's deaths. I remember my grandma very clearly but can barely remember much about my grandpa. I am told I was close to him but have almost zero recollection of him apart from one memory that I can remember relatively clearly. My grandma, I have so many memories of. I haven't been able to figure out exactly why that is. I have more memories of remembering my grandpa if that makes any sense? I remember telling my uncle that the chair he was sitting in was mine because that's what my grandpa told me. I told him my grandpa told me that was my chair when he wasn't there. I just have random memories of things like that but don't actually recall my grandpa saying that to me but my mom assured me he did tell me that so it wasn't something I was just making up. My grandpa died when I was four and my grandma died when I was five. I am unsure why that year makes such a big difference but it does. It's not even just things like that but everything. My friend came to visit me on Sunday and he couldn't get over how much in town has changed. In a matter of a year, we have lost and gained restaurants and we have torn down and built buildings. Our town is built up in some areas and other areas of town look almost vacant. In a matter of a year, my husband went from not having a diploma to having one. My life has flipflopped so much in just a year. A year makes a huge difference in our lives and sometimes we don't even realize it while going through it. It's like everything happens so quickly and also it seems like it was such a long time ago. Sometimes I think "wow that was so long ago" and realize it's only been a year and other times I feel like it happened yesterday and it has been a year. A year is also a huge difference in a child's development especially when they're babies. My son grows so much in a year and not just physically. It's so amazing to watch a child's progress. It's amazing how a year can both be such a small span of time and also such a big span of time. I think it's sort of a reminder that nothing stays the same forever and that while some people may live long lives those years went by slowly and quickly at the same time. A year may not seem like a long time and in some respects, it isn't but those years quickly turn to two years and three years and before you know it a whole decade has gone by. I keep thinking I am in my 20s and realize I can remember twenty years ago in a way I never used to be able to do. It's just weird to think about.